8 SPORTS FRIDAY, 16 OCTOBER, 2015
Mihir Kantawala wins the tournament
Dev Gehlaut is seen in action at Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association at Churchgate, Mumbai on 2 October 2015. Mihir Kantawala won the tournament at Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Assosiation. Satyabrata Tripathy/Mumbai Weekly
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Mihir Kantawla is seen in action at Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association at Churchgate, Mumbai on 2 October 2015. Satyabrata Tripathy/Mumbai Weekly
Mary Com and Sindhu attend a fund-raising event
Mary Kom shares a moment with the badminton player P.V Sindhu at a fund raising event in Bandra, Mumbai on 24 September 2015. Kartik Avatani/Mumbai Weekly
The EdelGive Social Innovation Honours (ESIH) was created with the aim of recognizing, promoting and supporting nonprofit organizations implementing innovative models in the sphere of women empowerment. ESIH enabled these largely unknown but creative organizations to not only showcase their work but also encouraged other organizations to imbibe and implement these ideas across the country. It also helped to set the stage for these organizations to attract investors and donor interest, both domestic and international. This year EdelGive Foundation has undertaken to support two young athletes who are ex-
tremely talented and have a very bright future that is Madhu Vedwan (Archery) 17years old and Thotyola Tangkhul (Boxer) 15years old. Mary Kom is a five time world champion boxer from Manipur, India. She won the bronze medal in the 51 kg category at the London Olympics 2012. A Khel Ratna awardee, Mary Kom has clinched virtually every international medal. She has been honoured with the Arjuna Award in 2003 and the Padmashree in 2006. Indian Boxer M C Mary Kom & Badminton player P. V. Sindhu and Ayonika. Paul to help them emerge as champions.
Borja Golan beats World no. 15 Ghosal Mumbai: National Champion Saurav Ghosal, world no. 15 went down without putting up too much of a fight to Borja Galon in the final of the CCI Open Squash Championships. Calcutta, Sep 27 (IANS) India's Saurav Ghosal outclassed higherranked Egyptian Marwan Elshorbagy in straight games to win the Kolkata International leg of the JSW Indian squash Circuit here on Sunday. Playing at the packed. Ghosal was on fire from the first serve, setting a punishing pace that had the bigger player scrambling to keep up. World no. 15 Ghosal played
some scintillating strokes in the first game, and kept up the momentum in the next two games preventing Elshorbagy from getting in his shots. It was a vicious circle. As world no. 12 Elshorbagy grew more frustrated, his game saw more errors. He gave Ghosal some trouble with his lengths, but couldn't manage to get the rh ythm going against the local favourite. The JSW Indian Squash Circuit next moves on to Chennai, from Oct 2226. Saurav Ghosal is a professional squash player from India and reached a career high world ranking of World no. 15 in December 2013.
Right: Saurav Ghosal was seen in action at a Squash tournament in Mumbai on 13 September 2015. Satyabrata Tripathi/Mumbai Weekly Published by: Udaan School of Photography | Editor-In-Chief: Kartik Avatani | Photo Editor: Kartik Avatani | Chief Photographer: Kartik Avatani | http://www.facebook.com/Mumbai.Weekly | Email: mumbaiweekly2015@gmail.com